China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aandahl

Re:China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aa... by ranting-moth on Monday October 23, 2023 @05:35AM (#37983422)

But keep in mind:

"His book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, is a work of sheer fiction presented as revisionist history. Not a single document or artifact has been found to support his new claims on the supposed Ming naval expeditions beyond Africa."

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Menzies#Criticism

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Re:China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aa... by Beijinger on Monday October 23, 2023 @05:38AM (#37983438)

I had a look into his book. It is not written very scientifically. From a review: "A true academic work would have been far more careful to distinguish between what is hard evidence and what is inference, assumption, and hypothesis."

But it is a fact that America was known and had settlements before Columbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows

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Re:China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aa... by Cthulhu_ on Monday October 23, 2023 @05:55AM (#37983549)

Known by Europeans; it's been "known" / inhabited for at least 10.000 years. As far as I'm aware there's no records of other major players visiting / "discovering" it though besides the Norse.

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Re:China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aa... by benxh on Monday October 23, 2023 @06:25AM (#37983721)

It was known by Polynesians for at least 1000 years before Columbus. See sweet potatoes.

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Re:China is becoming a data black hole, says short seller Aa... by coldtea on Monday October 23, 2023 @06:23AM (#37983716)

Where do you think the Native Americans came from?

They are not exactly descendants of the Norse.

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